Australia to create marine park the size of Spain

Sydney (AFP) June 4, 2023

Australia plans to create a marine park almost the size of Spain around remote islands off its southeast coast, the government announced Sunday. Under the proposals, the existing Macquarie Island Marine Park will be tripled in size, bringing a total of 475,465 square kilometres (183,578 square miles) under protection. That is an area roughly the size of Spain or Cameroon and much larger